The Frenchay Connection: The Frenchay Tuckett Society

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A meeting to inaugurate "The Tuckett Society" as a local history society, took place in Frenchay Church on 15 November 1995. A sub-committee was formed to draft a constitution and to look into the possibilities of creating a Trust to hold materials donated by descedants of the Tuckett family.

Francis Fox Tuckett's sister Elizabeth was featured in an exhibition about lady travellers in Bristol Central Library (Reference Section), using materials suppled by The Tuckett Society.

Also, on 13 March 1996, Roger Angerson gave the Society's first talk, "An Armchair Guide to Frenchay", at The Friends' Meeting House, which was very well attended.

The first Annual General Meeting was held in the village school, courtesy of headmistress Carol Thorne, on Thursday 23 May, and there was also a display of photographs of old Frenchay, prepared by Carol aided and abetted by the children of the School.

Alan Freke managed the meeting superbly, getting through the important business in thirty minutes flat, allowing time to be spent studying the photographs. A Committee for the Society formed from a group of volunteers who met on 13 June 1996 to select their officers. A volunteer to take up the post of Secretary is still sought.

At the AGM, the Constitution drafted by the steering committee was discussed and accepted with just one amendment - the name of the Society is to be THE FRENCHAY TUCKETT SOCIETY. You can read the Constitution if you wish.

In February 1997, there was a talk at The Friends' Meeting House about the mountaineering exploits of Francis Fox Tucket.

On Wednesday 19 Mark 1997, there will be a talk at the Village Hall. Charles Fox, himself a garden designer, will talk about Glendurgan Gardens in Cornwall. The gardens were created by Alfred Fox (one of Mariana Tuckett's brothers), from whom Charles is descended. Tickets, in advance, are £1.50. The meeting will start at 7.30pm.

On Saturday and Sunday September 14 and 15 1996, the Society took part in the national HERITAGE OPEN DAYS. The object of the Open Days is to stimulate awareness of Britain's rich architectural heritage, by allowing access, free of charge, to properties that are normall closed to the public or that would normally charge an admission fee. The Society's contribution to the event included an exhibition of the letters written at the time of the Bristol Riots , material demonstrating the historical links of the Tuckett family with the development of New Zealand, the mountaineering exploits of Francis Fox Tuckett and his family, and a display of historical maps of Frenchay. The exhibition was at The Friends Meeting House.

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